TAPIR, a web server for the prediction of plant microRNA targets, including target mimics

We present a new web server called TAPIR, designed for the prediction of plant microRNA targets. The server offers the possibility to search for plant miRNA targets using a fast and a precise algorithm. The precise option is much slower but guarantees to find less perfectly paired miRNA-target duplexes. Furthermore, the precise option allows the prediction of target mimics, which are characterized by a miRNA-target duplex having a large loop, making them undetectable by traditional tools.

@article{1008305,
abstract = {We present a new web server called TAPIR, designed for the prediction of plant microRNA targets. The server offers the possibility to search for plant miRNA targets using a fast and a precise algorithm. The precise option is much slower but guarantees to find less perfectly paired miRNA-target duplexes. Furthermore, the precise option allows the prediction of target mimics, which are characterized by a miRNA-target duplex having a large loop, making them undetectable by traditional tools.},
author = {Bonnet, Eric and He, Ying and Billiau, Kenny and Van de Peer, Yves},
issn = {1367-4803},
journal = {BIOINFORMATICS},
keyword = {ARABIDOPSIS,SIRNA},
language = {eng},
number = {12},
pages = {1566--1568},
title = {TAPIR, a web server for the prediction of plant microRNA targets, including target mimics},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btq233},
volume = {26},
year = {2010},
}